Our vision is a future where all young people are confident, resilient and lead fulfilling lives.

Yes Futures is a multi-award winning charity, established in 2012. We specialise in extra-curricular personal development programmes, which empower 8-18 year olds to fulfil their potential. Our Finding Futures programme (for primary school students) and Rising Futures programme (for secondary school students) focus on building four key soft skills: Confidence, Resilience, Communication and Self-Awareness.

The programmes involve a range of extra-curricular experiences: including visits to workplaces, community action challenges, an outdoor residential trip, as well as regular in-school Coaching sessions.

The experiences allow the young people to challenge themselves and achieve new successes in new environments, which in turn helps them to realise their full potential and raise their ambitions. As well as three trip experiences, each student receives personalised, valuable support from their Coach, who works with them to continually recognise their achievements and reflect on their areas for further development. Both the number and variety of sessions allows for the Coach and student to build a trusting relationship whilst focusing on tangible targets for continued personal development.

Purpose of the Role:

We are looking for enthusiastic and committed Programme Leads to help run our programmes from September 2017 to February 2018 in London, the South and the South East. We are particularly looking for candidates interested in working in: London, Harrow, Slough, Woking, Wokingham, Chelmsford, Felixstowe and Gillingham.

As a Programme Lead, you will be integral to the running of the Yes Futures programmes and a vital link between the Yes Futures head office and our schools.

The role of the Programme Lead will be to oversee and manage the programmes within a region of schools. You will be responsible for a cohort of up to 50 students across three schools, as well as your volunteer Co-coaching team in each of your schools.

Role description:

Pay: £3,500 on a freelance basis, with expenses included in line with our policy. There are also further paid opportunities for those Programme Leads interested in supporting Yes Futures with school partnership development.

Location: We have schools across London, the South and South East.

Duration: commitment is for the full 5-month course of the school programme (September – February).

Time commitment:

2 full days of pre-programme training.

Per school: 11 days of programme delivery work to include:

4 or 5 half-days of Coaching (during school hours);

2 evening sessions for the Welcome and Graduation ceremony;

1 day for World of Work trip;

1 day for Play Your Part trip.

3 days (2 nights) of Into the Wild residential trip (Fri-Sun) where all schools come together. Primary and secondary schools have their residential on separate weekends.

Approximately 40 additional hours of programme preparation work, to be fitted around your own commitments.

Responsibilities: Each Programme Lead will be responsible for a cohort of up to 50 students across three schools, as well as the volunteer Co-Coaching team in each school.

Reporting to: Programme Manager.

Interested in applying to be a Programme Lead?

Please download the job supporting document below for more information, including the person specification.

Should your application be successful, you will be invited to our Assessment Centre on Thursday 10th August 2017. Our training day will then take place on Wednesday 6th September 2017. Both days will be held at the Yes Futures head office in Hackney, East London.